Psalm 97:2

Yahweh's Glorious Reign

¹ Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice. ² Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne. ³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

Righteousness and Justice

Thick Cloud

Justice And Judgment

Sinai

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

Exodus 19:9

And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, I will come to thee in the cloud's thick darkness, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee also for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.

Exodus 24:16-18

And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Deuteronomy 4:11-12

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.

1 Kings 8:10-12

And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

Psalm 18:11-12

He made darkness his secret place, his tent round about him: darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

Psalm 45:6-7

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:

Psalm 77:19

Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

Psalm 99:4

And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.

Nahum 1:3

Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear the guilty: Jehovah, his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Romans 11:33

O depth of riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!

Hebrews 1:8-9

but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.